Garment-fitting stand.



PATENTED JULY 1'7, 19%.

G. H. SOULLY.

GARMENT FITTING STAND.

APPLICATION FILED JAN.1B.1906.

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GEORGE H. SCULLY, OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI.

GARMENT-FITTING STAN D.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 17, 1906.

tpplication iiled January 18, 1908. Serial No- 296,704.

tion.

vice by which skirts and analogous garments can be accurately and exeditiously fitted or hung so that the lower e ges thereof shall bedisposed equal distances from the floor at all points and so thatthepositions of tucks or flounces and the de th of tucks or hems ma beexpeditiously in. icated and each at a unifilrm height above the flooror bottom of the s irt.

A further object is to produce a device of this character which can beused simply to indicate or to mark-the horizontal lane in which thebottom of the skirt should ie at all points or in which the flounce ortuck is adapted to be disposed with reference to the bottom of theskirt.

With these and other objects in view, as hereinafter a pear, theinvention consists in certain novel and peculiar features ofconstruction and organization, as hereinafter described and claimed, andin order that it may be fully understood reference is to be had to theaccompanying drawings, in Which Figure 1 is a topplan view of agarmentfitting stand embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a verticalsection of the same, taken on the line II II of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is anenlarged section of a portion of the device, taken in the same plane asFig. 2. Fig. 4 is a vertical section, enlarged, taken on the dotted lineIV of Fig. 1. showing a modified form of the upper end of one of thegage mmbers. perspective view of an inka to be carried by the upper endof the ot er gage member and adapted to operate in conjunction with thegage member shown by Fig. 5. Fig. 7 indicates a detail perspective viewof a second modification of the first-named gage member, and Fi 8 is adetail perspective view of a secon modification of the gage member to beoperated in conjunction with the gage member of Fig. 7.

In the said drawings, 1 indicates a suitable base, preferably of castmetal and provided with three radiating equidistant feet 2. The

My invention relates t9 garment-fitting stands, and has for its objectto produce a de- Fi 6 IS a detail.

Fig. 5 is a detail perspective view base is rovided centrally with asocket 3 and wit a central hole 4 at the bottom of the socket. 5indicates a tubular standard mounted in said socket, and 6 a horizontalplatform of circular form and skeleton construction, by preference saidplatform being provided in its lower sidewith a socket 7 for engagementwith the-upper end of standard 5, a central hole 8 at the upper end ofthe socket being ada ted to receive a vertical tie-bolt 9, having itshead 10 countersunk in the platform and its lower end. extending throughhole 4 and en aged by a clampingnut 11, whereby the p atform, base, andinter osed standard'are rigidly clamped toget er. I

A lazy-tongs frame is journaled upon the standard 5 so as to rotatearound the same, said frame being constructed as follows: 12 indicatesarms, each of which is "provided with an eye 13 and aneye 14, one ofsaid eyes 13 resting upon the base and forming a rest for thecorresponding eye 13 of the other arm, the eyes 14 engaging the standardcontiguous to the platform in order to more reliably guard againstsagging of the outer ends of said arms. 15 indicates the other arms ofthe lazy-tongs frame pivotally united by the long bolts or rivets 16 tothe outer ends of arms 12. Arms 15 project outwardly from said pivotalpoints, and one of them terminates in a horizontally-bifurcated eye 16and the other in an eye 17, fitting in the bifurcation of eye 16 andpivotall engaging a cylindrical rod 18, secured ri i y by cross-pins 19in the bifurcated eye, t e rod 18 projecting upward a suitable distancebeyond the horizontal plane of the latform and bearing a scale 20 in theform of inches and fractions thereof upon it, the denomination of thescalerod.

tion wit lows: 21' is a skeleton casting havin a lower eye 22 and anupper eye 23 pivotal y engaging the scale-rod, and said casting isprovided with an outwardly-projecting arm or handle 24 and with anupwardly projecting jaw 25,

provided with inwardly-projecting flanges 26 at its upper end, saidflanges being provided with horizontally-alined notches 27 in theirinner edges, and one of said notches 27 is increased in width bypreference by the out- Wardly-projecting portion 28.

A ga e mechanism to operate in conjuncthe scale-rod is constructed asfol The casting I 21 is also provided with an inwardly-projectingvertically-bifurcated arm 29, carr'yin' a horizontal pivot '30, on whichis 'ourna ed the lower or bifurcated end 32 of t e swinging jaw 31,terminating at its upper end in an outwardl -disposed hook or loop 33,and to hold sai swinging jaw .in substantially the position shown inBig. 2 a-coil-spring 34 is mounted on the pivot 30 and presses at oneend upon arm 29 and at its other end against jaw 31. Said jaw isprovided at one side with a crank-arm 35, ivotally engaging thebifurcated inner end a lever 36, pivoted, as at 37, to casting 21, thehandle end of said leverv projecting outward beyond the scalerod 18 andnormally held by the ressure of said spring some distance below t 0stationary hand 0 24. By grasping said handles and pressing thelever-handle upwardly the swinging jaw 31 is caused to swing outwarduntil it asses between the flanges 26 of stationary aw 25, the swingingjaw resuming its original position when the pressure u on said lever isremoved. The casting 21 1s vertically adjustable on the scale-rod, andin order to secure it at the desired elevation'it' is counterbored atits up er end to rovide the flanges 38 to overlap t e outwanly-projecting annular flange 'or bead 40 of the lower end,

of a split sleeve 39, fitting on the scale-rod and ta ered upwardly andexternally threaded, a c amping-collar 41 engaging the thread- V :ed uper end of the sleeve to clamp the latter then slipped upon the ro firmy a ainst the scale-rod, the upper margin of t e clamping-collarindicating, with respect to the scale 20, the distance which the upperends of the ewe have been raised a ove the plane of t e platform. Thesplit sleeve is fitted upon the casting from the side in order that thebead or flange may pass under the flanges 38 of the casting, the latter,with the sleeve and clam ing-collar, being 18' from above. The sleeve issplit to enable the collar to clamp it at the desired point ofadjustment on the rod.

When a skirt or analogous garment is to be trimmed off an even distanceall around from the floor, the wearer stands upon the plat form 6. Ifthe skirt is to be trimmed two inches above the floor, the fitter raisesframe or casting 21 until the upper margin of the clamping-collarregisters with the two-inch mark on the scale-rod, when said collar isinanipulated to clam the split sleeve ti htly upon said rod. e fitterthen extends or contracts the lazy-tongs frame to conform a roximatelyto the circle described by tiic ower edge of the skirt, so that thelatter shall hang between the stationary and swinging jaws. The handleof lever 36 is then ressed toward the handle 24 in the manneriereinbefore explained, so as to cause the hook or upper enr. of theswinging j aw to press the interposed portion of the skirt between theflanges of the stationary jaw, the loop or opening of said swinging ,jawleaving the sp)ace between said flanges or guldeways un- 0 structed forthe passage of a gin (not shown) through said guideways am theinterposed portion of the skirt, which, it will be noticed in thisconnection, will be creased .vertieally by being forced between saidflanges by the swinging jaw, so that the pin extends throu h the skirtat both sides of the crease-line am is therefore maintained in asubstantially horizontal position after the skirt is released by saidjaws. Immediately after the fitter positions one in the lazytongs frameis swung around standard 5 a suitable distance, with the skirt hangingbetween said jaws, which are again brou ht together and again creasethcskirt vertica ly,

and a second pin is secured in the creased portion, as before. 'Thisaction is repeated until there is a line of pins running around theskirt to indicate accurately the line to which the skirt is to betrimmed. When a hem is to be turned or a tuck formed or a fiounccattached to a garment, the same manipulation of the device occurs, itbeing apparent that with a device of this character a skirt can beaccurately trimmed in a most expeditious manner and that the stand, byreason of the adjustabilit of the jaws and the lazy-tongs frame,enabiics the fitter to fit skirts or analogous garments for adults orchildren.

To limit the extension of the lazy-tongs frame so, that the pivot-bolts16 shall not assume a position approximately in line with the standard 5and scale-rod 18, one of the arms 12- is provided with a lug 42 to abutagainst the companion arms 12.

When the device is not in operation, the handle 24 is pushed towardstandard 5, which action causes the arms 12 to swing in the directionindicated b the arrows, 'F ig. 1, and draw arms 15 inwar( toward thestandard 5 until their ends rojeet at opposite sides of the same, at wich time it will be understood the scale-rod is disposed close to theplatform, with the u per ends of the jaws interposed'between the attcrand said scalcrod. To restore the device to 0 erative osition, thehandle 24 is graspec and pul ed outward the required distance, as willbe readily understood.

For certain classes of apparel it may be found desirable to mark thegarment with ink or with .chalk, and to adapt the device for suchservice the modified constructions shown in Figs. 5 to 8, inclusive, areprovided. Referring first to the construction whereby an ink-mark ismade on the garment, 43 is a bracket adapted to fit between the flanges26 of the stationary jaw and having downwardly-disposed books 44 toengage the upper edges of said. flanges, an inking-pad 45 being securedto the inner side of bracket 43 in order that a garment pressed betweenthe flanges 26 and against said pad by the hook lIO and 46, Fig. 5, ofthe swinging jaw 3.1 may be marked as a guide for the shortening orother work on the garment. In Fig. 7 the jaw 31 is provided with a head47, containing a transverse groove 48 in one face, the jaw beingprovided at its upper end with a chamber 49 to receive a piece of chalkor equivalent substance 50, said chalk and the groove 48 bein sodisposed that when jaw 31 moves outward under pressure imposed on lever36 its head presses against the skirt or other arment until eventuallythe groove and cha k are in engagement with a portion of the arment orskirt clamped between them. y holding the skirt andlazy-tongs frame withone hand and turning casting 21 on the scale-rod the chalk can be madeto leave a horizontal line or mark on the garment ,it being obvious thatby propermanipulation of the device and skirt a horizontal line may bedrawn completely around the latter.

From the above description it will be apparent that I have produced agarment-fittage enumerated as desirable, it being obvione that othermodifications than those illusable and adapted to clamp a portion of agarment between them.

2. A garment-fittin stand, comprising a platform, an extensib e framesuitably sup.-

ported below the platform, and a gage mechanism carried by saidextensible frame and comprising a pair of jaws relatively adjustable andadapted to clamp a portion of a garment between them, said jaws forminga guide for the passage of apin through the garmente 3. Agarment-fitting stand, comprising a platform, an extensible framesuitably supported below the platform, and a gage mechanism carried bysaid extensible frame and comprising a pair of jaws relativelyadjustable and adapted to clamp a portion of a garment between them,said jaws being rovided'with transverse notches or opemngs flangesprojecting toward the other and pro vided with alined notches and theother terminating in a hook or loop to pass between said flanges untilthe open portion of said hook or loop is alined with said notches.

5. A garment-fittin Y stand, comprising a platform, an extensib e framesuitably supported below the platform, a gage mechanism carried by saidextensible frame and comprising a stational" jaw and a pivoted jawnormally held yield ingly away from the stationary jaw, and means forcausing the upper end of the pivoted j aw to engage the upper end of thestationary jaw to clamp a portion of'a garment between them.

6. A garment-fittin stand, comprising a platform, an extensib e framesuitably ,supported below the platform, a gage mechanism carried by theextensible frame and comprising a pair of jaws relatively adjustable andadapted to clamp a portion of a garment between them, and means forsecuring said jaws at varying altitudes. ting stand embodying thefeatures of advan- 7. A garment-fitting stand, comprising a platform, anextensible frame suitably supportedbelow the platform, a gage mechanismcarried by theextensible frame and comprising a pair of jaws relativelyadjustable and a apted to clam a portion of a garment between them, saijaws forming a guide for the passage'of a pin through the garment, andmeans for securing said jaws at varying altitudes.

8. A garment-fittin stand, comprising a platform, an extensib e framesuitably supported below the platform, a gage mechamsm carried by saidextensible frame and comprising a stationary jaw and a ivoted jawnormally held yieldingly away rom the station ary aw, means for causingthe upper end of the pivoted jaw to engage the upper end of thestationary jaw to clamp a portion of a garment between them, and meansfor securing said jaws at varying altitudes.

9. A garment-fitting stand, comprising a platform, an extensible framesuitably supported below the platform, a gage mechanism carried by theextensible frame and comprising a pair of aws relatively adjustable andadapted to clamp a ortion of a garment between them means or securingsaid jaws at varying altitudes, and means whereby said gage mechanismare supported so as to be capa le of rocking horizontally.

10. A garment-fitting stand, comprising a platform, an extensible framesuitabl supported below the platform, an uprig t rod carried at theouter end of said extensible frame, and a gage mechanism verticallyadjustable on sald rod and comprisin a air of members relativelyadjustab e an a apted to clamp a portion of a garment between them.

11.' A garment-fitting stand, comprising a platform, an extensible framesuita ly supported below the platform, an u right rod c ntai1ing a scaleof inches an fractions thereof, carried at the outer end of saidextensible frame, and a gage mechanism vertically adjustable on saidrodand comprising a pair of members relatively adjustable and adapted toclamp a portion of a garment between them. a

12. A garment-fitting stand, com rising a platform, an extensible framesuita bl supported below the platform, an uprig it rod containing scaleof niches and fractions thereof carried at the outer. end ofsaidextensible frame, a gage mechanism vertically adjustablc on said rodand comprising a pair of members relatively adjustable and adapted toclamp a portion of a garment between them, and means whereby the gagemechanism can be looked upon said scale-rod at any point of adjustmentthereon.

13. A garment-fitting stand, comprising a platform, a lazy-tongs framesupported below the platform, and a gage mechanism carried by saidlazy-tongs frame, and comprising a pair of jaws relatively adjustableand adapted to clamp a portion of a garment between them.

14. A garment-fitting stand, comprising a platform, a lazy-tongs framesupported below and rcvoluble with respect to said platform, and a gagemechanism carried by said lazytongs frame and comprising a pair of jawsrelatively adjustable and adapte to clamp a portion of a garment betweenthem.

15. A' garment-fitting stand, comprising a base, a cylindrical standardmounted there- 1 on, a platform mounted on the upper end of thestandard, a lazy-tongs frame journaled on the standard; and a gage"mechanism carried b the laz -to-n s frame and comprising a air 0 jawsrelative y adjustable an clamp a portion of a garment between. them.

16. A garment-fitting stand, comprisingl'a base havin a socket, atubular standard tting in said socket, a latform fittin upon the upperend of the tu ular. standar a tiebolt extendin through said standard andthe platform and ase, means for retaining said tic-bolt in osition, alazy-tongs frame journaled ontlib standard, and a gage mechanism carriedby the lazy-tongs frame and comadapte to prising a pair of membersrelatively adjustable and adapted to clamp a portion of a gar mentbetween them.

i 17 A garment-fitting stand, comprisin a platform, an extensible framesupported 9- ow the platform, a scale-rod carried at the outer end ofsaid frame, a clampin -sleeve engaging said rod, a casting-journale onthe rod and connected to the sleeve, so as to move vertically therewithand have rotatable movement on the rod independent thereof, aclamping-collar engaging said sleeve to clamp the same rigidl to therod, and a age mechanism carrled said casting an equi ped with a pair ofre atively movable jaws ad apted to 0 amp a portion ,of a garmentbetween them.

In testimony whereofI affix my signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

' GEORGE I-I. SCULLY. Witnesses Tn. SUVEAT,

G. Y. THORPE.

